OCTOBER 2023 // EMPOWEr YOUTH - view email here

SEPTEMBER 2023 // WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT - VIEW EMAIL HERE

AUGUST 2023 // SELF-CARE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY - VIEW EMAIL HERE

• When working with youth who have experienced the justice system and often experience trauma, we (as mentors and advocates) must present ourselves to our young employees with CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY.

• 5 Essential Tips for Fostering a Self-Care Culture in Your Restaurant: A Guide for Hospitality Workers
  ↳ This post is pulled from a podcast with a very open and honest conversation between a veteran hospitality worker and a chef. It focuses on how to foster an environment of self-care and how it can benefit the business, the team, and your employees.

• How Hospitality Can Limit Employee Burnout
  ↳ From improving communication between staff and management to letting employees pick their own work schedules instead of assigning them hours, here are three ways hospitality businesses can lessen and even prevent burnout.

• Preventing Social Work Burnout: 37 Therapeutic Activities
  ↳ This article dives into social work professionals (social workers, counselors, teachers, mentors) can experience burnout due to the high stress and many other factors in their work. When choosing to mentor and hire justice-involved youth, some of the same ways can show up for us.
  

JULY 2023 // Compassion and Support - VIEW EMAIL HERE

• When designing and implementing a practice of compassionate accountability in your restaurant, you should consider the following:

  • Trust, empathy and understanding

  • Clear expectations

  • Consequences and learning opportunities

  • Supportive relationships

  • Collaboration and empowerment

  • Individualized approach

JUNE 2023 // MENTORSHIP - VIEW EMAIL HERE

• How to Hold People Accountable with Compassion

  ↳ Quick and to-the-point communication, like a good expo during a dinner rush. This one has some very easy-to-digest insights on compassionate accountability. Good simple language can be utilized when holding youth accountable.

• 24 Reasons Why Mentorship Is Important for Mentee and Mentor

  ↳ With our Pledge being about hiring justice-involved youth, this one from an employment site seems right. You will notice some of the terms mentioned here again: accountability, encouragement, goals, and source of knowledge. Any mentorship program for youth or professionals related has many of the same core tenets.

• The Importance of Mentorship: 8 Benefits for Teens

  ↳ We can flip this one, and it would read the benefits we receive as mentors from the youth we mentor. The teaching I have received from the youth I have worked with has given me much more perspective than I could have gathered alone. I am learning about many of the gray areas in life that I have not even considered before having the opportunity to mentor youth.

• Mentoring Youth Matters

  ↳ Points that hit me in this one were a possible link to bullying and mentorship. Having a mentor push just enough to help them move forward is a skill worth honing. Authenticity is tough to work through; the youth will quickly expose insincerity and know if you are just playing the role of a mentor. We must be honest and show genuine care and interest.

• How My Mentor Helped Me Realize My True Potential

  ↳ This is from the view of the mentored youth. Points out how it is essential for the mentor to just listen to the needs of the youth. In my experience at Café Momentum, meeting the youth where they are is a great bridge builder. The relationship between the mentor and mentee will come together in time with constant work from both parties. Finding similarities along the way is a benefit of the partnership.
  

May 2023 // hiring practices - view email here

• Second Chance Hiring

  ↳ When we can give opportunities to people that need them, sometimes there are benefits to our businesses other than great employees. It is possible to receive tax incentives and maybe some wage reimbursement in some cases when practicing second-chance hiring.

• 4 Best Practices for Second Chance Hiring

  ↳ Making second chances hiring part of your culture and not just another check on a list is a win for you and the future employees you will gain.

• Center for Justice and Economic Development

  ↳ Fair chance hiring is an even better way to phrase “second chance hiring.” Read on for ways that Dave's Killer Bread Foundation creator Dave Dahl covers some of the resources available to employers that want to participate in fair chance hiring. Also has links to Jobs for the Future Center for Justice & Economic Advancement.